Setting an image as the background of th UI

[ommz]

I am trying to create an appealing UI by setting the background as an image using Qt Creator. Could someone please help me on the steps I am supposed to follow because I am stuck.

[mkuettler]

You could set the background brush for the widget, doing something like this:
@
QPalette myPalette = palette();
QBrush windowBrush = myPalette.window();
windowBrush.setTexture( backGroundPixmap ); // use setTextureImage if the picture is a QImage
myPalette.setBrush( QPalette::Window, windowBrush );
@

I did not test this code, so there maybe it does not work just like that. Let me know if you have problems with this.

[ommz]

I dont think you git me right. I meant how do i set an image like a photo as the background of the UI?

[DerManu]

[quote author="ommz" date="1338242420"]I dont think you git me right. I meant how do i set an image like a photo as the background of the UI?[/quote]

Did you even try what mkuettler proposed? It sounds reasonable.

Apart from that: No, a background image won't make any UI appealing, only cluttered and unprofessional. If that is your goal, go right ahead ;)

[Sam]

You can also check "Embedded Styles Demonstration":http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/demos-embedded-styledemo.html example.

[Vidhya]

Do set background image for a ui.
you need to add resoucre file in the project's floder and add the resorce file name to the .pro file
(

RESOURCES +=
resource.qrc
)

content of resource.qrc

<RCC>
<qresource prefix="/new/icon">
<file>imagefilename</file>
</qresource>
</RCC>

then go to the ui and select change style sheet

add resource to it
background-image: url(:/filepath);